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romp verb [ rɒmp ]

• (especially of a child or animal) play roughly and energetically.
• "the noisy pack of children romped around the gardens"
Similar: play, frolic, frisk, gambol, jump about/around, spring about/around, bound about/around, skip, prance, caper, sport, cavort, rollick, curvet,

romp noun

• a spell of rough, energetic play.
• "a romp in the snow"
Origin: early 18th century: perhaps an alteration of ramp.


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